National

Since when did the Foreign Office become a demotion?

Yvette Cooper’s appointment as foreign secretary is seen by some as punishment for her failure at the Home Office

Mounjaro price hikes will make obesity even more unfair

They may also drive lower-income groups to the black market

PM enlists Whitehall fixer and top economist to bolster team

The two appointments are said to be part of Keir Starmer’s wide-ranging reset in Downing Street

Big coffee chains are has-beans – the indies rule the roast

Swamp life takes hold in Windermere

Other countries can keep their lakes clean. Why can’t Britain?

No news is bad news when it comes to local journalism

Fleet Street’s dedicated paper has gone out of business

The scandal of fake foreign honey

An investigation reveals a global honey fraud that begins in China and ends with allegations of adulterated jars on UK supermarkets shelves

We can't shrink from taking a stance on Palestine Action

When organisations are proscribed, we can't privilege one kind of terrorism over another

The Epping injunction is a gift to Labour’s opponents

An asylum hotel ban may not be replicated elsewhere. It’s still bad news

Ethel Caterham, the world’s oldest woman

She was a toddler when the Titanic sank in 1912 and serves as a living rebuke to the absurdity of ageism

Children denied life-saving medical care by UK visa delays

Failure to deliver on pledge to ‘accelerate’ evacuations is putting young lives at risk, warn doctors

Hundreds of protestors have been charged with terrorism

One of the biggest mass arrests in modern British history threatens to clog the courts – but the Home Office is doubling down

Pat down the retrievers: Cotswolds put on high alert for Vance visit

With helicopters whirring overhead and police quizzing residents, rural life is anything but tranquil

‘We thought: it can’t be them – they’d have told us they were homeless’

When fellow walkers found they were in Raynor Winn’s book, they were baffled. Details of their encounter didn’t add up

Heathrow’s third runway finally takes off

Despite lingering questions, the financial case for expansion has reached a tipping point

Age checks meant for children have sparked a free speech row

Most Britons support the policy, even if it appears to be ineffective

Demonising migrants won’t fill jobs or boost falling populations

‘Stop the boats’ is a popular refrain but it obscures the real issues rich countries across the world are facing

Resident doctors strike in the face of a tiring public

A pay dispute between the government and resident doctors depends, in part, on how you measure inflation